From Around the Web

Distant ‘quasar tsunamis’ are ripping their own galaxies apart 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 25, 2020
The most energetic objects in the universe may be stopping the biggest galaxies from growing bigger.

By David Aragorn
Sasquatch watch: Bigfoot ‘sightings’ over the years 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- March 25, 2020
Sasquatch. Bigfoot. Yeti. There are many monikers for the large and mysterious upright bi-pedal mammal that has allegedly roamed the world’s forests for hundreds of years. A long-told legend in many cultures: sightings of the creature have been reported from the Himalayas to the woods of Central Oregon. Although no definitive proof exists, reports of human encounters keep piling up.

By David Aragorn
Mercury’s Extreme Daytime Heat May Help It Make Its Polar Ice 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 25, 2020
In 2011, NASA’s MESSENGER orbiter detected signals typical of glacial ice near the poles on Mercury. The ice was dingy and lurked in permanent shadows in numerous polar craters. According to new research led by Georgia Institute of Technology researchers, the extreme heat on Mercury, where daytime temperatures reach 400 degrees Celsius (750 degrees Fahrenheit), helps make some of that ice.

By David Aragorn
Fossil hunters find evidence of 555m-year-old human relative 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- March 25, 2020
Ikaria wariootia is half the size of a grain of rice and an early example of a bilateral organism

By David Aragorn
Astronomers have found the edge of the Milky Way at last 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 24, 2020
Our galaxy spans 1.9 million light-years, a new study finds

By David Aragorn
NASA explains why weird, wheel-like blip in space images is not a UFO 0
- From Around the Web, Space, UFO News
- March 24, 2020
It might look like Deep Space Nine is visiting our solar system, but it has a scientific explanation.

By David Aragorn
Newfound Comet ATLAS is getting really bright, really fast 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 24, 2020
For years, amateur astronomers have been waiting for a bright, naked-eye comet to pass by Earth — and finally, such an object may have arrived.

By David Aragorn
Nasa shortlists four astrophysics missions for 2025 launch 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 24, 2020
Four proposals will get funds for nine months of study before two are chosen to go ahead

By David Aragorn
A chunk of Yellowstone the size of Chicago has been pulsing. Why?0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- March 24, 2020
In northwestern Wyoming, in the center of Yellowstone National Park, a bubbling caldera is the scar of a 640,000-year-old, gargantuan volcanic eruption.

By David Aragorn
Hunting for dark matter — inside the Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 23, 2020
The answer to the dark-matter mystery may be under our feet.

By David Aragorn